The origin of lucky money?

When visiting the New Year during the Spring Festival, the elders should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, because "old" and "special" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend a year safely with lucky money. There are two kinds of lucky money, one is to put colored rope in the shape of Jackie Chan at the foot of the bed, which was recorded in Yanjing year; The other is the most common, that is, parents wrap the money distributed to their children in red paper. Lucky money can be given in public after the younger generation pays New Year's greetings, or it can be secretly put under the child's pillow by parents when the child falls asleep on New Year's Eve.

A Qing Wu Manyun's poem "Lucky Money" said: "A hundred yuan long colored thread was collected from the pillow, and the price of firecrackers was discussed, which kept Joule busy all night." From this point of view, lucky money is tied in children's hearts, and children's lucky money is mainly used to buy firecrackers, toys and candy and other things needed for holidays.

At present, the custom of elders giving lucky money to younger generations is still prevalent. The amount of lucky money ranges from tens to hundreds. Most of these lucky money are used by children to buy books and school supplies. The new fashion has given new content to the lucky money.

Folks believe that giving children lucky money, when evil spirits or "Nian" hurt children, children can use the money to bribe them and turn evil into good luck.

In addition, there is a veritable lucky money, which is given to the elderly by the younger generation. Years old means years old, years old and years old, and it is intended to expect the elderly to live a long life.

[Edit this paragraph] History

The earliest lucky money appeared in the Han Dynasty. The earliest lucky money is also called "winning money" or "winning money". This kind of money is not the currency circulating in the market, but a coin-shaped exorcism product specially cast for wearing and appreciating. This kind of wearing article in the form of coins first appeared in the Han Dynasty. Some coins have characters on them, and all kinds of auspicious characters are cast on the front, such as "Long live the Millennium", "Peace in the world" and "evil spirits". On the back, dragons and phoenixes, turtles and snakes, Pisces, swords and stars are cast.

In the Tang Dynasty, the court was in vogue for issuing money in spring. At that time, the Spring Festival was "beginning of spring Day", and it was a day of mutual worship in the palace. There was no such custom among the people. Twenty-six volumes of Zi Tong Zhi Jian record that Yang Guifei gave birth to a son, and "Xuanzong personally saw it and gave the Guifei gold and silver money to wash the son". The money for washing children mentioned here is not only a congratulatory message, but also an amulet given to newborns by their elders to ward off evil spirits.

After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, beginning of spring was replaced by the first day of the first month, which was called the Spring Festival. Many customs originally belonging to beginning of spring have also been transferred to the Spring Festival. The custom of giving money in spring has evolved into the custom of giving children lucky money. The Chronicle of Yanjing written by Dunchong, Fu Cha in the Qing Dynasty recorded the lucky money in this way: "It is called lucky money to wear money with colored ropes, weave it into a dragon shape and put it at the foot of the bed. Children are given by elders. Also called lucky money. "

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most lucky money was given to children with red ropes. After the Republic of China, it evolved into wrapping 100 copper coins in red paper, which means "long life" and giving lucky money to adult generations. Red paper is wrapped in an ocean, symbolizing "abundant financial resources" and "millions of profits". After money is changed into paper money, parents like to choose new paper money with related figures for their children, because the homonym of "Lian" and "Lian" indicates that future generations will "get rich again and again" and "get promoted again and again".

The custom of lucky money has a long history. It represents a good blessing from the elders to the younger generation. It is an amulet given by elders to children, wishing them good health and good luck in the new year.

[Edit this paragraph] Changes in lucky money

1949

If you are lucky enough to receive lucky money at the moment, it sounds quite bluffing-100 yuan. In fact, at that time, 100 was similar to today's 1, and you could buy two candy balls-the kind that didn't even have packaging.

In the fifties

Later, the currency system was changed, and the lucky money began to be given 50 cents and 10 cents-you have to kowtow to get it! However, that is also "happy fart", and the cooperative buys small guns to buy snacks! Along the way, I kept the money in my hand until I broke out in a sweat and hid it, which was often unfortunate. That kind of sadness is no different from cutting meat in the stock market today

sixty

When the market goes up, it is twenty-five cents. As soon as the money is available, there are picture books, small guns and rice flowers in front of you.

the seventies

It is not a problem for children who kowtow in New Year's greetings to receive a lucky money of five dollars and ten dollars.

The eighties

If you have more money, you are less interested in giving lucky money-the usual pocket money is compared with lucky money.

the nineties

Children have become a rarity, and they can get hundreds of dollars without moving their arms-but they are no longer in their hands and are entrusted to their parents.

[Edit this paragraph] Legend

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a small demon with black hands and white hands, named Chong, who came out to harm people every New Year's Eve. It touched the head of the sleeping child three times with its hand, and the child cried with fear. Then he had a fever, talked nonsense and got sick from then on. After a few days, the fever subsided, but the clever child became a dementia fool. People are afraid that fetishism will harm children, so they sit up with lights on, which is called "fetishism".

In Jiaxing, there is a family named Guan, and the husband and wife have a son in their later years, which is regarded as the apple of their eye. On New Year's Eve, I forced them to play for fear that they would harm the children. The child wrapped eight copper coins in red paper, opened them, opened them again, and played until he fell asleep. Eight wrapped copper coins are placed on the pillow. The couple didn't dare to close their eyes and stayed with their children all night. In the middle of the night, a strong wind blew the door open and blew out the lights. When the little black boy touched the child's head with his bare hands, the child's pillow cracked into a light, and Chong hurriedly withdrew his hand and ran away screaming. Mr. and Mrs. Guan told everyone that wrapping eight copper coins in red paper was to scare away those special people. Everyone also learned to wrap eight copper coins in red paper and put them on pillows after the children's New Year's Eve. Sure enough, I never dare to hurt children again. It turned out that these eight copper coins were bought by the Eight Immortals, which helped the children secretly scare away these precious money. Therefore, people call this money "lucky money". Because of the homonym of "special" and "old", it is also called "lucky money" with the passage of time.

Children are lucky money, and old people are lucky money. Old people's "lucky money" means that they can live a few more years, so they won't get old.

[Edit this paragraph] The movie of the same name

Feature film (black and white). Produced by Star Film Company 1937.

On New Year's Eve, grandpa put a silver dollar with Hongxi written on it under his granddaughter's pillow as lucky money. On the morning of New Year's Day, Rong Rong took a silver dollar to buy fireworks. The proprietress of the cigarette and paper shop wanted to stay and exchange private money, so she was very stingy and took the opportunity to exchange it with the little maid of Yang Lijuan, a social butterfly who came to shop. The little maid lent the silver dollar of the happy word to her lover's brother, A Guang, to help her lover. A-guang was careless. He put it in a broken pocket and leaked it to the ground. The newspaper seller was about to bend down to pick it up, but the white photographer stepped on it and forcibly picked it up. White hair made a windfall and went to the theater to buy tickets to see the performance of song and dance star Jiang Xiuxia. Jiang Xiuxia is a happy cousin, and her cousin Sun Jiaming is the foreman of the song and dance troupe. The silver dollar of the happy word was transferred from the ticket office to Sun's hand. Sun accompanied his girlfriend on a car trip and left a silver coin to help a group of poor children open the door. The robbed child is in a favorable position, seeking medical treatment for his sick mother, and the happy word silver dollar is used as the consultation money and transferred to the old doctor's pocket. The old doctor should be invited to make house calls. When he met an old woman who wanted to commit suicide because of difficulties in life, he was moved by sympathy and found a silver dollar to help her. It turned out that the old woman was a liar and deposited the silver dollar in Jiangdong Bank. On the Dragon Boat Festival, the market was tight, and Jiangdong Bank Wu Jingli Branch exhausted all its deposits and declared bankruptcy. Depositors have come to seek redemption. Wu Jingli secretly sent someone to send a huge sum of money to Yang Lijuan, a social butterfly. The page was swallowed in the middle, and he was taken away by a strong man. In the confusion, the silver dollar of the happy word fell to the ground. The hawker selling tea eggs is quick of eye and quick of hand, and picks up the silver dollar in his arms. He was found by the police and chased and killed as a robber. The silver dollar of the blessing fell into the shallow ditch on the side of the road and was swept into the dustbin by the sweeper. Small three scavengers are lucky to pick it up and run home to report good news. Neighbors misinformed Xiao Sanzi that he had made a windfall, squeezed into the door to watch the excitement, knocked over the briquette stove, and the hut caught fire, burning the silver dollar of the happy word into a "burning silver dollar." When the shack was rebuilt, the construction workers shoveled away the silver dollar when cleaning up the ruins. They benefited from winning over local strongmen and fishermen. At that time, Jiang Xiuxia became a dancer because Sun Jiaming had another lover, and the local strongmen burned silver dollars as dance capital to invite Jiang Xiuxia to dance. Jiang also paid the rent for his classmates. The thief stole the landlord's silver dollar and went to the hotel to settle the bill. The shopkeeper refused to accept it because the newspaper announced that the silver dollar would be nationalized. The thief threw it to the countryman as waste, and the rogue sold it to the countryman's silver dealer moustache. When he was smuggled out of the country, he was seized by the customs and the hooligan was arrested. The moustache absconded and the silver dollar was confiscated. A year passed, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye. My grandfather gave Rongrong the lucky money again, but this time it was changed into legal tender with the denomination of Zhang Yiyuan.

Screenwriter: Xia Yan

Director: Zhang Shichuan

Photography: Dong

A person in the play.

Gong Jiangxiuxia

Manager of Xianzhai Wang Bank

Hu Rongrong Rong Rong

Yingying little girl

Li Minghui Yang Lijuan

Jiting Wang White Elephant Man

Li Liying Zhangman

Strict work, harmonious grandpa

Gong Jianong Sun Jiaming

Master of Sun Min.

Xiuwen Xiao Shu Shengzimu

Lu is a mistress.

Huang Naishuang's boss

Ruoxi Wang che fu

Aunt Wu Yinniang

Kuang-chao Yiu aguang

Xu Shenyuan is a medical student.

Zhang Manping's cohabiting woman

Xie Yunqing is a countryman.

Shen Jun xiaosanzi

Tan Zhiyuan is a rogue.

Gaobuxiao cigarette shop owner